Application for
‘green light’
Dnr:
to recruit a doctoral student /
to start a doctoral project
Arrival date:
A principal supervisor must have a so called ‘green light’ from the department before recruiting a doctoral student or in
any other way initiating a doctoral project.
An approved ‘green light’-decision is a mandatory attachment to the application for admission to doctoral education
Applicant (principal supervisor)
Name
E-mail
Unit etc.
Research group
Employer
KI
Academic title
SLL
Dr
Other, namely:
Docent
Professor
Doctoral project
Preliminary title of doctoral project
Supervision experience
Number of doctoral students you are presently supervising: as principal supervisor:
as co-supervisor:
List of doctoral students you presently are the principal supervisor for: (more than four: attach a list)
Name
Financial plan
Admission year
Half time (planned) Planned dissertation
Number of hours per week available for supervising a new doctoral student:
Total number of doctoral students you have supervised to a doctoral degree (or licentiate degree)
as principal supervisor:
as co-supervisor:
Current financial resources
Sources of financing
Sum
Period (start – end year)
Signature
I can provide good supervision to a new doctoral student
I have time to supervise a new doctoral student
There is enough financing to cover the cost of a new doctoral student
Date
Signature applicant
DECISION
Approved (=’green light’)1
Approved subject to the following condition(s)2:
Denied3, due to the following reason(s):
A written motivation is attached
Date
Signature, Director of doctoral studies
Date
Signature, Head of administration
Date
Signature, Head of department (prefekt)
Date
Signature from additional person (only if applicable)
Approved: It is OK to recruit a doctoral student. Please be aware that the ‘green light’-decision applies only to one
doctoral student and only at this department. The decision is valid for 12 months from the date of approval.
1
2
Approved subject to the following condition(s): It is OK to recruit a doctoral student, but the conditions have to be
fulfilled before an application to the admission seminar can be filed. Normally, you can go ahead as planned but the
conditions can be of such nature that you have to postpone the initiation of the doctoral project. Please contact the director
of doctoral studies if you have questions.
3
Denied: The reason(s) must be clearly stated, either above or in an attached document. If the situation is changed the
applicant has the right to apply again.
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INFORMATION - ’GREEN LIGHT’
Purpose
The purpose with ‘green light’ is to assure that all doctoral students at KI have the opportunities and resources
needed for a high quality doctoral education. ‘Green light’ is a tool for interfering at an early stage to avoid
situations where some of the prerequisites for a good doctoral education are missing.
Significance
To get a ‘green light’ means that the department has given its approval to an intended supervisor to recruit a
doctoral student. All supervisors must apply for a ‘green light’ even if the doctoral student is recruited in other
ways than through advertising, for example when the intended doctoral student is employed by SLL.
The ‘green light’ routine does not replace the admission seminar. The green light assessment is performed at a
much earlier stage The admission board will make a full assessment of all aspects (the doctoral student, the
scientific project, time plan, co-supervisors etc), at a later stage, while the ‘green light’ is only focused on the
supervisor and is made in a much earlier stage.
A ‘green light’ is normally only valid for a specific doctoral project and should not be considered as a general
approval to supervise. One application is needed for each potential new doctoral student.
Assessment of supervisor
Suitability as supervisor
The most important criteria are previous track records and available time for supervision. The information that
the department collects and how the track record is assessed can vary, but if an application for ‘green light’ is
denied the decision has to be accompanied by a clear and articulate written motivation.
Supervisors without a previous track record have to be assessed on other grounds, e.g. teaching/supervision of
students, general compliance with rules, ability to cooperate etc.
Financial resources
A doctoral student is a financial commitment for the department. It is therefore important to assess the financial
situation of the intended principal supervisor.
Please note that there are costs involved also for doctoral students with scholarships or with financing from a
second part. External scholarships usually have to be combined with complementary funding in order to reach
the income level for doctoral students at KI.
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